Bathtub adjunct



June 23, 1925. 1,543,238

D. c. STURGES v BATHTUB ADJ UNC'I Filed March 5, 1924 775129723 I Jazyw yawn Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

DWIGHT C. STURGES, OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BATHTUB ADJ UN CT.

Application filed March a, 1924. Serial No. 696,412.

-Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State of lilassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bathtub Adjunits, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a bath-tub adjunct, comprising a support adapted to rest in an operative position on a bath tub, and an interrupted seat sus taiued by the support, the form of the support and seat being such that they provide a a working space permitting access, without change of position of the body, to body portions which are usually difficult to reach when an Oitlllllf" continuous seat is em} ployed, a particular object being to provide a working space which is so accessible from below and at .opposite edges of the seat, that a washing instrumentality may be inserted and manipulated either from the front or the back of the body.

The accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, is a perspective view of an adjunct embodying the invention.

The adjunct comprises a support, designated as a whole b 12 and constitutin a.

l ridge adapted to span a bath tub, the end portions of the bridge being adapted to rest. on opposite edge portions of the tub, andv preferably provided with downwardly bent ends, preventing longitudinal displacement of the bridge.

Rigidly secured, as by fastenings 14, to the bridge, is an interrupted seat composed of twoseat sections 15, which'are so spaced apart by the bridge that a working space 16 V is provided between said sections.

The bridge is recessed between the seat sections, so that the working space 16 is accessible from points below and at opposite edges of the sections. The bridge is made 2 by bending a stiff metal rod to form parallel elongated stringers and short necks 13, connecting the end portions of the stringers. The stringers include seat-supporting portions offset downward from the end portions and engaging the fasteners l t, and looped central portions 12 offset downward from the seat-supporting portions.

A person sitting on the interrupted seat may conveniently wash portions of the body exposed by the working space 16, by inserting a hand in said space, either from the, front or the rear of the body.

The described adjunct has only three parts, in addition to the fastenings 1-.t, viz, the elongated bridge and the two seat sections. It is adapted to be used like an ordinary bath-tub seat, and permits more con-v venient and efficient washing of various parts of: the body. The bridge stringers are spaced apart, so that they firmly support the seat sections and prevent the latter from tipping.

I claim:

A bath-tub adjunct comprising a bridge composed of a stiff metal rod bent to form parallel elongated stringers and transverse necks connecting the end portions of the stringers, the stringers including end portions formed to bear on opposite edges of the tub, seat-supporting portions offset downward from the end portions, and looped central portions offset downward from the from points below and at opposite edges of v the seat sections, the stringers being spaced apart, so that they are adapted to prevent the seat sections from tipping.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

DWIGHT c. sTUReEs. 

